I think that I'm suffering from mobility withdrawal symptoms. The tell tale sign is that the moment you think of cramming or waiting for transportation, you'll just lose the mood to go out. Must try to overcome that mindset. As what Elwin said, no point coming all the way here and not travel to visit around. But than it's really not that I don't want to go out, four to five hours to and fro via public transport isn't my idea of fun. By the time you reach the place,you'll just be so drained to do anything. There are people here who bring their pillows along on these two to three hour trips.
The trains are still not too bad because at least the air con is working well. The air con in buses here can be at times as good as none. This is because the buses have very big panels of glass and it creates a green house effect. The result is a stuffy and sweaty bus ride.
he spoke at 6:33 pm
What they claim is that they are fighting for the "rights" of their members who have suffered in China really deserves no sympathy. I'm not being cold blooded or anything, but these people are really doing their cause so much injustice. The Falun Gong that I witness so far has really showed me that they have political motives. You should see them at events like the New Paper Big Walk, they will be beating drums etc carrying banners that denounce the Chinese government. The feel that you get from them is that they are a bunch of rowdy dissidents.
I am also totally disgusted by one of their members who went to the White House on the pretext that she was a journalist from the Epoch Times (a publication that is linked to Falun Gong). The moment President Hu started to give his speech, she started shouting out protest statements. Also, their members tried to tie banners in the press box and I'm sure which is much to the amusement and disgust of the press. How despicable that is, to make use of the press to get their "message".
Photos where taken by Reuters, AFP, AP and was taken from Yahoo.
he spoke at 7:59 am
I really think that all Singaporeans should stay here for a month just to experience the public transport. Upon going back, they'll be so thankful for the Singapore public transport and stop complaining about it. I think that Singapore has one of the best public transportation in the world. Why? Because you don't have to wait 15 minutes for a single deck bus to come during peak hours and between half an hour to an hour for it during off peak hours. Trains come once 30 minutes here unlike Singapore. O yes, have I not mentioned also that people don't have the culture of squeezing on the buses here? In the most packed of buses you board, you'll have no problems turning 360 degrees and you are not allowed to stand next to the driver. That means that the you will not see people standing at the door in the buses.
There is another thing I that I don't think you'll see that commonly in Singapore. That's people taking drugs in the open. Last week I saw this guy whom from I far seemed to be a little high on drugs. He had the "symptoms" of what you'll see in a drug addict. When he walked past, I noticed him rolling up this small paper; the kind that you'll see people smoking coke in. In that was happening in the city, in one of the more happening places in terms of fancy restaurants etc.
he spoke at 7:33 am